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<blockquote data-quote="Undrhil" data-source="post: 7026678" data-attributes="member: 77538">It isn't pointed out in the guide (or I missed it if it is) but Wild Surges can only happen when you cast Sorcerer spells.&nbsp; This means that multiclassing any other spellcasting class will take away from your chance to trigger a wild surge.&nbsp; I have a &quot;Wild Mage&quot; in AL that is a Sorc 1 | Wiz 14.&nbsp; I started Sorcerer for the CON save prof and because I wanted to have a wild mage.&nbsp; I took Shield and Magic Missile as my two Sorc spells.&nbsp; My primary casting is from Wizard, obviously, but if I use Shield or MM, it can trigger a surge.&nbsp; I'm very specific about mentioning this to DMs and I keep a &quot;Tides of Chaos&quot; little stand-up sign so I can indicate when I have used that feature, so when I use Shield or MM, the DM knows whether I am rolling to see if a surge happens or to see what surge happens.Usually, I use Tides of Chaos on my Initiative roll so I can have that table roll immediately in combat, but once I got into higher levels of Wizard, I find that I use Shield less and less.&nbsp; If I get surrounded, I sometimes provoke an OA specifically to try to trigger Shield, but this has been bad for my character's health on more than one occasion!&nbsp; Throwing a Magic Missile in someone's face at point-blank range is more effective, especially since I have so much potential to block attacks with Portent and the Lucky feat.&nbsp; Also, Shield spell&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Undrhil, post: 7026678, member: 77538"] It isn't pointed out in the guide (or I missed it if it is) but Wild Surges can only happen when you cast Sorcerer spells. This means that multiclassing any other spellcasting class will take away from your chance to trigger a wild surge. I have a "Wild Mage" in AL that is a Sorc 1 | Wiz 14. I started Sorcerer for the CON save prof and because I wanted to have a wild mage. I took Shield and Magic Missile as my two Sorc spells. My primary casting is from Wizard, obviously, but if I use Shield or MM, it can trigger a surge. I'm very specific about mentioning this to DMs and I keep a "Tides of Chaos" little stand-up sign so I can indicate when I have used that feature, so when I use Shield or MM, the DM knows whether I am rolling to see if a surge happens or to see what surge happens. Usually, I use Tides of Chaos on my Initiative roll so I can have that table roll immediately in combat, but once I got into higher levels of Wizard, I find that I use Shield less and less. If I get surrounded, I sometimes provoke an OA specifically to try to trigger Shield, but this has been bad for my character's health on more than one occasion! Throwing a Magic Missile in someone's face at point-blank range is more effective, especially since I have so much potential to block attacks with Portent and the Lucky feat. Also, Shield spell :D [/QUOTE]

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